European Game Results

Ex-Lightning forward Eric Perrin remained on fire with 1 goal and 1 assist in JYP's 3-2 win over Jokerit, including the game winning goal with 5:03 left in the game. JYP has climbed from the basement of the SM-liiga to 7th on the league table in the past couple of weeks. They face Tappara on Friday.

Vasily Koshechkin was lifted 5:02 into Cherepovets' 4-3 loss to Khabarovsk after allowing 3 goals on 8 shots. Backup Vadim Tarasov stopped 32/33 the rest of the way but still suffered the backdoor loss thanks to a late Cherepovets goal by ex-Bruins draft pick Mikko Lehtonen. Cherepovets draws Novokuznetsk on Tuesday.

Ex-Lightning forward Eric Perrin is heating up for JYP. He had a helper and was second star today in JYP's 3-1 win over Tampere. Ex-Lightning draft pick Matias Sointu was scoreless in the match for Ilves and has a modest 2 assists in 12 games so far this year. JYP squares off with Jokerit next on Tuesday.

Blues first rounder Vladimir Tarasenkov had 1 goal and 2 assists to lead Novosibirsk to a 3-1 win over Vasily Koshechkin and Cherepovets. The 2010 pick scored the game winning goal in the match. Cherepovets plays Khabarovsk on Sunday.

Lending credence to the permanence of his demotion to the junior league, Nikita Kucherov did not dress today in CSKA's 3-2 loss to Nizhnekamsk. The ride on the shuttle appears to be over. Former NHL-er Alexander Korolyuk scored with winner for Nizhnekamsk. CSKA draws Yulaev on Sunday.

That's more like it. Riku Helenius made 18 stops to blank Lukko today in JYP's 4-0 victory. Former Lightning forward Eric Perrin led the way with 2 goals and 1 assist in the match. JYP faces Ilves Tampere on Friday and has now moved up to 9th in the 14 team league.

Nikita Kucherov's ride on the CSKA shuttle to and from junior may be over for a little while, as he did not appear for the team's KHL side today in their 4-2 loss to SKA. Ex-NHLer Alexei Yashin had a goal in the match for CSKA. CSKA's KHL team plays Nizhnekamsk next on Friday.

Nikita Kucherov had a game opening power play goal and a third period even strength marker in CSKA Jr.'s 6-2 spanking of Mytischi Jr. CSKA's junior side faces Stupino next on Saturday. We'll see if Kucherov rides the shuttle back up to the KHL in the meantime.

Nikita Kucherov is now officially riding the shuttle between the KHL and MHL. He assisted on a 2nd period power play goal today in CSKA Jr.'s 5-2 loss to Mytischi Jr. CSKA Jr. plays the rematch tomorrow.

In a not so surprising move, CSKA demoted Nikita Kucherov (pictured) to the MHL on Friday. Kucherov had a late goal with less than 4 minutes left to tie up the game and assisted on Nikita Gusev's game winner a little over 2 minutes later to lift CSKA Jr's to the 4-3 win over Spartak Jr. This is Kucherov's second stint in the MHL this season. He appeared for the junior club on September 20th, notching 2 goals and 4 points in a 6-5 loss to KHK MVD's junior side. It remains to be seen whether this demotion will last longer for Kucherov. CSKA's junior team plays Mytischi Jr. next on Monday.